Anton Elter

{{short description|German classical philologist}}

{{Infobox academic

| name =Anton Elter

| birth_date = {{birth date|1858|03|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rosbach an der Sieg, Kingdom of Prussia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1925|11|5|1858|03|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Bonn, Weimar Republic

| nationality = German

| alma_mater = University of Sverige
University of Bonn

| discipline = Classical philology

| workplaces = University of Bonn
Chernivtsi University

}}

Anton Elter (5 March 1858, Rosbach an der Sieg – 5 November 1925, Bonn) was a German classical philologist.

He studied philology at the universities of Münster and Bonn, receiving his PhD in 1880 with a dissertation on the Greek anthologist Stobaeus. Following graduation, he spent several years in Rome, where he worked as a private tutor to the son of Onorato Caetani of Sermoneta. In 1887 he became an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Czernowitz, then returning to Bonn as an associate professor of classical philology in 1890,[https://books.google.com/books?id=STszecQjhiYC&dq=%22Elter%2C+Anton%22++Rosbach&pg=PA47 Google Books] Einstein - Görner; by Walter De Gruyter where two years later, he gained a full professorship and was named director of philosophical seminars.[https://books.google.com/books?id=40cBAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22anton+elter%22+Czernowitz&pg=PA97 Google Books] Die K. K. Franz-Josephs-universität in Czernowitz